Arterial pressure transfer characteristics: Effects of travel time

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Westerhof, Berend E ^a,f   Guelen, Ilja ^a   Stok, Wim J ^b   Wesseling, Karel H ^a   Spaan, Jos A E ^b   Westerhof, Nico ^c   Bos, Willem Jan ^d   Stergiopulos, Nikos ^e  

^a BMEYE ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aorta; Blood pressure; Brachial artery; Personalization; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; PREDICTION; PRESSURE TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

AORTA; ARM; ARTERIES; AXILLARY ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSATILE FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; VASODILATION;

EID: 33846978777     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00443.2006     Document Type: Article

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